Lis Pendens Breakthrough, Heir Searches, and Trust Drama | Ask 2 Lawyers Podcast

In this week’s episode, we dive into a range of topics, including:

- A new case that could make it easier to file liens in trust litigation involving lis pendens.
- The process of an heir search—what is it, and how does it happen?
- The best (and easiest!) ways to release assets or decide when it’s time to “trust bust.”
- Fresh legal news headlines: our read-and-react segment!
- Insightful questions from our awesome listeners about final distributions, invalidated wills, defendant's tax filings, scenarios about jurisdiction, and much more.
Plus, we share some fun and surprising geography facts!

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:19 New case, discussing lis pendens, filing liens in trust lawsuits
9:21 Recent headlines, geography fun facts
11:35 Heir search? What is it and how long?
16:04 Get distributions or trust bust?
22:35 How to get trust accounting
27:45 What do most trustees do?
30:28 Tom Girardi's new headline
33:39 AI passing the bar exam?
38:19 What should happen with a final distribution?
40:15 Questions on wills invalidated, courts denying, looking at tax filings
46:11 Jurisdiction question
48:27 Estate planning best practices
49:55 More jurisdiction talk
51:13 Wrap up and thanks

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